2006-08-10 11:12:27 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
What is temperature of lightning and the force that drives it.
2006-08-10 11:23:03 · update #1
When electricity goes through a conductor with some resistance, the conductor heats up. Air is a poor conductor, so it takes a lot of pressure or "voltage" for the current in lightning to force its way through air.
As a result, a lightning bolt heats up the air it travels through very quickly. So fast that you basically have a little explosion happening all along the path of the lightning. That explosion is the result of rapid heating of the air. It's hard to measure exact temperatures -- the lightning tends to destroy sensors! - but considering how bright lightning is, the temperatures are several thousand degrees for sure.
(For comparison, the "blue" part of a propane flame is about 1000 degrees.)
2006-08-10 11:22:27 · answer #1 · answered by Luis 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Lightning is hot enough to fry the air around it so it glows and cracks (that's where thunder comes from). The force that cause it is static electricity caused by friction. Same priciple when people get shocked from another person or a metal bar except on a much larger scale.
2006-08-10 20:23:21 · answer #2 · answered by Linda O'Chuffy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-10 18:22:43 · answer #3 · answered by Swordfish 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's hotter then the surface temperature of the Sun. That's very, very hot.
2006-08-10 18:45:08 · answer #4 · answered by suppy_sup 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's actually something like 3x hotter than the surface of the sun. Pretty wild considering that there are people that have survived them and lived to tell the tale.
2006-08-10 18:26:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
28,000 Kelvin or 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Five times hotter than the surface of the Sun.
2006-08-10 18:25:06 · answer #6 · answered by royal_fryer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The peak temperatures in the return-stroke channel are on the order of 30,000 °C (50,000 °F).
2006-08-11 09:01:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its about 5 times hotter than the sun!
2006-08-11 16:50:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hotter than the sun
2006-08-10 18:16:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Acording to www.weatherwizkids.com the temperature is 54,000 degrees Fahrenheit. I love this web site...it's awesome and makes it simple for us who don't have our degree's. lol
2006-08-13 10:58:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋